CM: Pioli’s De Ketelaere-Brahim hierarchy gives Milan a squad planning problem

By Oliver Fisher -

The data shows that Stefano Pioli has made the attacking midfielder hierarchies crystal clear but this presents AC Milan with a problem in their squad planning.

As Calciomercato.com report, Brahim Diaz is on loan from Real Madrid while De Ketelaere was the big signing of the post-Scudetto summer window. However, in the last six months the Belgian has played only two games in Serie A as a starter.

If we take the same period into consideration, Diaz instead got 16 starts and the 23-year-old racked up four goals and two assists. These are numbers that make it clear that Brahim is a staple of Pioli’s plans, more so than De Ketelaere.

This creates a problem because the one being relied upon is the player on loan and the other was a large investment that needs playing time to grow. The constant exclusion of De Ketelaere is seen by many as the symbol of a market which did not bring the desired results.

Tags AC Milan Brahim Diaz Charles De Ketelaere

8 Comments

    1. Except Madrid has buy for a couple Mil more amd than we are left with no one. We need to give CDK time like we did with Leao, Tonali, Kessie, etc. No 20yr old player moves to a team like Milan and becomes a starter his first game.

      Luckily Maldini knows better and has no plans to sell him

  1. How could you guys level someone who has no or less minutes attached to his name as a flop? CDK needs more minutes to clear that off. Same scenario goes with Adli and Vrancx.

  2. Cdk is Milan owned player. Diaz is not. This is the real problem. You develop diaz with no firm clause that you can buy the player. This is silly!

  3. If he’s not sold by this summer and brahim back to RM. Give CDK more chance to make it count in the next season. If not, just loan him outside

  4. One is in his 3rd Season ,and the other is in his 1st. Stop all these comparisons. Allow CdK to grow.Give us important articles.

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